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Tony Esposito

#35 · Goalie · Chicago Blackhawks · Hockey Hall of Fame

Born Apr 23, 1943 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, CAN · 5'11", 185 lb · Catches right

Trophy case

Stanley Cup NHL Champion 1968-69
×3 Vezina Trophy Top Goaltender 1973-74, 1971-72, 1969-70
Calder Memorial Trophy Rookie of the Year 1969-70

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 1978-79. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Dan Bouchard AFM · 64 GP, 0.889 Mike Palmateer TOR · 58 GP, 0.909 Denis Herron PIT · 56 GP, 0.892 Don Edwards BUF · 54 GP, 0.899 Gilles Meloche MNS · 53 GP, 0.885

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

02040601968-69: 13 games1368-691969-70: 63 games631970-71: 57 games5770-711971-72: 48 games481972-73: 56 games5672-731973-74: 70 games701974-75: 71 games7174-751975-76: 68 games681976-77: 69 games6976-771977-78: 64 games641978-79: 63 games6378-791979-80: 69 games691980-81: 66 games6680-811981-82: 52 games521982-83: 39 games3982-831983-84: 18 games18

Games played by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1968-69 MTL 13 54402 419 385 34 2.75 0.919
1969-70 CHI 63 38178015 1995 1859 136 2.17 0.932
1970-71 CHI 57 3514706 1554 1428 126 2.27 0.919
1971-72 CHI 48 3110609 1241 1159 82 1.77 0.934
1972-73 CHI 56 3217704 1680 1540 140 2.52 0.917
1973-74 CHI 70 341421010 1977 1836 141 2.05 0.929
1974-75 CHI 71 3430706 2047 1854 193 2.75 0.906
1975-76 CHI 68 30231304 2082 1884 198 2.98 0.905
1976-77 CHI 69 2536802 2353 2119 234 3.46 0.901
1977-78 CHI 64 28221405 1964 1796 168 2.63 0.914
1978-79 CHI 63 24281104 2099 1893 206 3.28 0.902
1979-80 CHI 69 31221606 2109 1904 205 2.98 0.903
1980-81 CHI 66 29231400 2239 1993 246 3.76 0.890
1981-82 CHI 52 1925801 1746 1515 231 4.53 0.868
1982-83 CHI 39 2311501 1199 1064 135 3.47 0.887
1983-84 CHI 18 510301 620 532 88 4.84 0.858
16 seasons Career 886 423306152076 27324 24761 2563 2.93 0.906

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1969-70 CHI 8 4400 291 264 27 3.39 0.907
1970-71 CHI 18 11702 582 540 42 2.20 0.928
1971-72 CHI 5 2300 153 137 16 3.22 0.895
1972-73 CHI 15 10501 452 406 46 3.09 0.898
1973-74 CHI 10 6402 315 287 28 2.90 0.911
1974-75 CHI 8 3500 277 243 34 4.33 0.877
1975-76 CHI 4 0400 131 118 13 3.27 0.901
1976-77 CHI 2 0200 71 65 6 3.03 0.915
1977-78 CHI 4 0400 117 98 19 4.53 0.838
1978-79 CHI 4 0400 126 112 14 3.48 0.889
1979-80 CHI 6 3300 184 170 14 2.27 0.924
1980-81 CHI 3 0300 123 108 15 4.19 0.878
1981-82 CHI 7 3301 191 175 16 2.54 0.916
1982-83 CHI 5 3200 162 144 18 3.49 0.889
14 seasons Playoffs 99 455306 3175 2867 308 3.08 0.903

1978-79 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
63 63 24281104 2099 1893 206 3.28 0.902

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 8, 1979 vs STL W 3-2 W 43 41 2 0.953 60:00
Apr 7, 1979 @ STL L 1-4 L 29 26 3 0.897 59:53
Apr 4, 1979 vs MNS W 7-1 W 32 31 1 0.969 60:00
Apr 1, 1979 vs VAN T 2-2 T 26 24 2 0.923 60:00
Mar 29, 1979 vs NYI W 6-1 W 32 31 1 0.969 60:00
Mar 27, 1979 @ CLR T 1-1 T 43 42 1 0.977 60:00
Mar 25, 1979 vs CLR W 3-0 W, SO 27 27 0 1.000 60:00
Mar 24, 1979 @ TOR T 3-3 T 44 41 3 0.932 60:00
Mar 21, 1979 vs NYR L 6-7 L 38 31 7 0.816 60:00
Mar 20, 1979 @ DET L 3-5 L 40 36 4 0.900 59:55
Mar 18, 1979 vs DET L 2-4 L 34 31 3 0.912 59:28
Mar 17, 1979 @ BOS L 2-4 L 15 11 4 0.733 60:00
Mar 10, 1979 @ NYI L 1-7 L 33 26 7 0.788 60:00
Mar 3, 1979 @ LAK L 5-8 L 45 39 6 0.867 59:02
Mar 2, 1979 @ CLR W 4-0 W, SO 26 26 0 1.000 60:00
Feb 28, 1979 @ VAN T 4-4 T 35 31 4 0.886 60:00
Feb 25, 1979 vs PIT T 2-2 T 49 47 2 0.959 60:00
Feb 24, 1979 @ PIT L 1-5 L 47 42 5 0.894 60:00
Feb 21, 1979 vs BUF W 3-2 W 36 34 2 0.944 60:00
Feb 18, 1979 vs CLR W 5-3 W 40 37 3 0.925 60:00
Feb 17, 1979 @ STL W 5-1 W 40 39 1 0.975 60:00
Feb 12, 1979 vs TOR L 2-5 L 28 23 5 0.821 60:00
Feb 4, 1979 vs NYI W 5-4 W 31 27 4 0.871 60:00
Jan 31, 1979 vs BOS T 2-2 T 37 35 2 0.946 60:00
Jan 28, 1979 vs STL L 2-7 L 37 30 7 0.811 60:00
Jan 27, 1979 @ WSH L 1-4 L 31 28 3 0.903 59:25
Jan 24, 1979 @ VAN W 5-0 W, SO 34 34 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 22, 1979 vs NYI L 1-2 L 31 29 2 0.935 59:10
Jan 20, 1979 @ NYI L 2-4 L 39 35 4 0.897 60:00
Jan 19, 1979 @ AFM L 1-6 L 34 28 6 0.824 60:00
Jan 17, 1979 vs CLR W 2-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 60:00
Jan 13, 1979 @ MNS L 3-4 L 39 35 4 0.897 60:00
Jan 10, 1979 vs LAK W 3-0 W, SO 32 32 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 7, 1979 vs WSH W 5-3 W 28 25 3 0.893 60:00
Jan 6, 1979 @ TOR W 5-3 W 48 45 3 0.938 60:00
Jan 3, 1979 vs BOS L 3-6 L 26 21 5 0.808 59:43
Dec 27, 1978 vs STL W 4-3 W 25 22 3 0.880 60:00
Dec 21, 1978 @ MTL L 1-5 L 33 28 5 0.848 60:00
Dec 20, 1978 vs MTL L 3-5 L 32 28 4 0.875 59:39
Dec 16, 1978 @ CLR L 1-5 L 26 21 5 0.808 60:00
Dec 13, 1978 vs BUF L 2-6 L 30 24 6 0.800 60:00
Dec 10, 1978 vs DET T 3-3 T 30 27 3 0.900 59:43
Dec 9, 1978 @ STL W 4-2 W 33 31 2 0.939 60:00
Dec 7, 1978 @ VAN L 2-4 L 28 25 3 0.893 59:32
Dec 3, 1978 vs CLR W 4-3 W 37 34 3 0.919 60:00
Nov 29, 1978 vs VAN T 1-1 T 27 26 1 0.963 60:00
Nov 25, 1978 @ MTL W 8-3 W 34 31 3 0.912 60:00
Nov 20, 1978 @ LAK L 3-4 L 39 35 4 0.897 58:56
Nov 18, 1978 @ CLR L 3-8 L 29 21 8 0.724 60:00
Nov 15, 1978 @ NYR L 1-8 L 39 31 8 0.795 60:00
Nov 12, 1978 vs LAK L 1-4 L 29 25 4 0.862 60:00
Nov 10, 1978 @ AFM L 3-5 L 47 42 5 0.894 60:00
Nov 8, 1978 vs TOR W 2-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 60:00
Nov 5, 1978 vs STL W 3-1 W 30 29 1 0.967 60:00
Nov 1, 1978 vs VAN L 0-1 L 23 22 1 0.957 58:42
Oct 29, 1978 vs MTL W 4-1 W 36 35 1 0.972 60:00
Oct 28, 1978 @ DET L 2-7 L 39 32 7 0.821 60:00
Oct 25, 1978 vs WSH T 2-2 T 24 22 2 0.917 60:00
Oct 22, 1978 vs BOS W 6-5 W 28 23 5 0.821 60:00
Oct 19, 1978 vs MNS W 6-2 W 34 32 2 0.941 60:00
Oct 18, 1978 @ WSH W 4-2 W 25 23 2 0.920 60:00
Oct 15, 1978 vs VAN T 3-3 T 23 20 3 0.870 60:00
Oct 11, 1978 vs AFM T 4-4 T 33 29 4 0.879 60:00